Romans 3:13

New English Translation

“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

Cross References

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

Psalm 36:3

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Psalm 5:9

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Jeremiah 5:16

All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

Ezekiel 13:7

Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

Romans 3:12

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: “so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.